Chronostratigraphic and lithologic features of the Tiber River sediments (Rome, Italy): Implications on the post-glacial sea-level rise and Holocene climate

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 107, Issue , 2013, Pages 157-176

  Marra, F ^a   Bozzano, F ^b   Cinti, F R ^a  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fluvio deltaic sedimentation; Holocene climate; Post glacial sea level rise; Tiber River

Indexed keywords

FLUVIO-DELTAIC; GLACIAL ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENTS; HOLOCENE CLIMATE; LATE PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHIC UNITS; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEA-LEVEL OSCILLATIONS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT CAPACITY;

DEPOSITS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

RIVERS;

AGGRADATION; BOREHOLE; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMPACTION; EROSION; FILL; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIOISOSTASY; GRAIN SIZE; HOLOCENE; LITHOLOGY; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; POSTGLACIAL; RIVER CHANNEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SUBSIDENCE; UPLIFT;

ITALY; LAZIO; ROMA [LAZIO]; ROME; TIBER BASIN;

EID: 84879289215     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2013.05.002     Document Type: Article

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